Diana asked, >My Tecophilaeas are in bloom, but in attempting to hand pollinate them I >have noticed that the anthers have not split to release their pollen. I >have many blooms, all the same, i.e. no pollen. When I grew these in a >warmer drier environment I got plenty of seed. Does anyone have any >suggestions? I usually get seed on mine in the bulb frames, but I wait to pollinate them until there is a sunny period, which means I can wait a long time in western Oregon in the winter. They bloom later here, farther north than Diana's place in northern California. I assume Diana's plants are in pots, so she could try taking them into the house for a couple of days to ripen the pollen. Tecophilaea cyanocrocus does not increase very fast vegetatively, so seed is the only means to build up nursery stock. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon